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DIRECTIONS: The sentences given in the questions, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each

sentence is labeled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct

a coherent paragraph.

51. (A) Although conventional wisdom says pain – a self we fear becoming – is the only driver for change, in reality

pain can create paralysis.

(B) Our possible selves – the images and fantasies we all have about who we hope to become, think we should

become, or even fear becoming – are at the heart of the career change process.

(C) Take Gary McCarthy, the former investment banker and consultant profiled in the main article.

(D) That is why working identity, as a practice, is necessarily a process of experimenting, testing, and learning

about our possible selves.

(E) We change only when we have enticing alternatives that we can feel, touch, and taste.

(1) EBADC (2) ABDCE

(3) BAEDC (4) BEADC

52. (A) The social benefit is an improved educational system and better employment opportunities for low-income

residents.

(B) DreamWorks SKG, the film production company, recently created a program to train low-income students in

Los Angeles in skills needed to work in the entertainment industry.

(C) Each of the company's six divisions is working with the Los Angeles Community College District, local high

schools, and after-school programs to create a specialised curriculum that combines classroom instruction

with internships and mentoring.

(D) Charitable giving can, for example, improve education and training.

(E) The economic one is greater availability of specially trained graduates.

(1) EBCDA (2) DBCAE

(3) DAEBC (4) BCDAE

53. (A) In 1873, when Scott came to him for financial help to stave off bankruptcy, the wealthy Carnegie summarily

turned him down.

(B) Carnegie owned the majority of his company and doled out dividends parsimoniously.

(C) Take his early mentor, Tom Scott, the man who lifted Carnegie out of the obscurity of a telegraph office and

into the upper reaches of the Pennsylvania Railroad, who taught the unschooled immigrant how to invest and

financed his first investment.

(D) His partners worked long days while he took extended vacations.

(E) He could be similarly strict with his partners – who were partners in name only.

(1) CAEBD (2) BDCAE

(3) BECAD (4) BCAED